Company vs. Friend
Companynoun
A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
Companynoun
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
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(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
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A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
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(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
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An intelligence service.
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(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
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(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
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(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
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(uncountable) Companionship.
Companyverb
To accompany, keep company with.
Companyverb
To associate.
Companyverb
To be a lively, cheerful companion.
Companyverb
To have sexual intercourse.
Companynoun
The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
Companynoun
A companion or companions.
Companynoun
An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
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Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
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Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
Companynoun
An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
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Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; - often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
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A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
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The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
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The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.
Companyverb
To accompany or go with; to be companion to.
Companyverb
To associate.
Companyverb
To be a gay companion.
Companyverb
To have sexual commerce.
Companynoun
an institution created to conduct business;
Companynoun
organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical);
Companynoun
the state of being with someone;
Companynoun
small military unit; usually two or three platoons
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a band of people associated temporarily in some activity;
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a social gathering of guests or companions;
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a social or business visitor;
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a unit of firefighters including their equipment;
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crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
Companyverb
be a companion to somebody
Companynoun
a commercial business
Companynoun
the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment
Companynoun
a person or people regarded as pleasant (or unpleasant) to be with
Companynoun
the person or group of people whose society one is currently sharing
Companynoun
a visiting person or group of people
Companynoun
a number of individuals gathered together
Companynoun
a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain
Companynoun
a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together
Companynoun
a group of Guides.
Companynoun
a flock of wigeon (ducks)
Companyverb
associate with; keep company with
Companyverb
accompany (someone)
Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals.
Friendnoun
A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
Friendnoun
A boyfriend or girlfriend.
Friendnoun
An associate who provides assistance.
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A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted
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A person who backs or supports something.
Friendnoun
(informal) An object or idea that can be used for good.
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Used as a form of address when warning someone.
Friendnoun
(object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class.
Friendnoun
(climbing) A spring-loaded camming device.
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(obsolete) A paramour of either sex.
Friendverb
To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help.
Friendverb
(transitive) To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend.
Friendnoun
One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
Friendnoun
One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.
Friendnoun
One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.
Friendnoun
One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.
Friendnoun
A paramour of either sex.
Friendverb
To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
Friendnoun
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust;
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an associate who provides assistance;
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a person with whom you are acquainted;
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a person who backs a politician or a team etc.;
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a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
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